Collocations for "peculiar"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "peculiar" in context.
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peculiar
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a peculiar [child, figure, man, woman, person]
- a peculiar [event, happening, occurrence]
- a peculiar [kind, type, form, shape, method] (of)
- a peculiar [way, approach] (to)
- peculiar [ideas, manners]
- has a peculiar way of [speaking, acting, walking]
- what a peculiar [thought, idea, man, smell]
- that is a peculiar thought
- [how, that's] peculiar!
- can smell something peculiar
- a peculiar [noise, sound, racket, whirring] coming from (outside)
- a [quite, rather, very] peculiar situation
- the peculiar [properties, effects, composition] of
- has peculiar [desires, hobbies, interests, demands]
- [found himself, was] in a peculiar position
- [in, under] peculiar [circumstances, conditions]
- the [expression, gesture, sign] is peculiar to [Italians]
'peculiar' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):